**Trader consensus heavily favors the Supreme Court not accepting an AI copyright case before 2027, reflecting the typical multi-year timeline for these disputes to reach certiorari.** Major lawsuits involving training data and fair use, such as those brought by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft or the Authors Guild matters, remain in district court with summary judgment hearings scheduled for late October 2026. Recent appellate rulings, including the Third Circuit’s September 2026 decision against fair use in the Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence case and the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Doe v. GitHub on DMCA claims, have not yet produced ripe petitions. The Court already declined review of the Thaler AI-authorship case in March 2026, underscoring its reluctance to intervene early. Potential catalysts like further circuit splits or final district judgments could shift momentum only after 2026.